Toward high-sulfur-content, high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries: Review of materials and technologies

F Zhao, J Xue, W Shao, H Yu, W Huang… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithium sulfur batteries (LSBs) are recognized as promising devices for develo** next-
generation energy storage systems. In addition, they are attractive rechargeable battery …

Polymers in lithium–sulfur batteries

Q Zhang, Q Huang, SM Hao, S Deng, Q He… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) hold great promise as one of the next‐generation power
supplies for portable electronics and electric vehicles due to their ultrahigh energy density …

Polymerizations with elemental sulfur: from petroleum refining to polymeric materials

T Lee, PT Dirlam, JT Njardarson… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The production of elemental sulfur from petroleum refining has created a technological
opportunity to increase the valorization of elemental sulfur by the synthesis of high …

Photoinduced inverse vulcanization

J Jia, J Liu, ZQ Wang, T Liu, P Yan, XQ Gong… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The inverse vulcanization (IV) of elemental sulfur to generate sulfur-rich functional polymers
has attracted much recent attention. However, the harsh reaction conditions required, even …

On the Mechanism of the Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur: Structural Characterization of Poly(sulfur-random-(1,3-diisopropenylbenzene))

J Bao, KP Martin, E Cho, KS Kang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organosulfur polymers, such as those derived from elemental sulfur, are an important new
class of macromolecules that have recently emerged via the inverse vulcanization process …

Catalytic inverse vulcanization

X Wu, JA Smith, S Petcher, B Zhang, DJ Parker… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery of inverse vulcanization has allowed stable polymers to be made from
elemental sulfur, an unwanted by-product of the petrochemicals industry. However, further …

Green chemistry and polymers made from sulfur

MJH Worthington, RL Kucera, JM Chalker - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers are among the most important mass-produced materials on the planet, yet they are
largely derived from a finite supply of petrochemicals. To ensure the sustainable production …

Recent advances in the polymerization of elemental sulphur, inverse vulcanization and methods to obtain functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers …

Y Zhang, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Polymer Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in the polymerization of elemental sulfur and the preparation of
functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) are reviewed. CHIPs …

Recent advances in organic reactions involving elemental sulfur

TB Nguyen - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Elemental sulfur has been known since Antiquity and found widespread applications in the
preparation of black gunpowder, the synthesis of sulfuric acid as well as other sulfur …

Room temperature one-step conversion from elemental sulfur to functional polythioureas through catalyst-free multicomponent polymerizations

T Tian, R Hu, BZ Tang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018 - ACS Publications
The utilization of sulfur is a global concern, considering the abundant and cheap source of
sulfur from nature and petroleum industry, its limited consumption, and the …